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University of CologneFaculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences

M.A. Political Science

Welcome Session

Prof. Dr. Sven-Oliver Proksch

Prof. Dr. Chitralekha Basu

Dr. Tobias Kunstein

01.10.2019, 11 h, Lecture hall

XXI (Main Building, 1st floor)

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CCCP – The Cologne Center for Comparative Politics

Prof. Dr. André KaiserComparative Political Institutions

Prof. Dr. Christine TrampuschInternational Comparative Political Economy and Economic Sociology

Prof. Ingo Rohlfing, PhDMethods of Comparative

Political Research

Prof. Dr. Sven-Oliver ProkschEuropean and Multi-Level Politics

Prof. Dr. Thomas JägerInternational Relations

Until 2021: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Leidhold

Political Theory andHistory of Ideas

The Political Science Faculty in Cologne

From autumn 2019: Prof. Chitralekha Basu, PhD

Empirical Political Theory

Our Master Program

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• Take courses across a range of subfields, high flexibility

• International (share of 30% first year students with international

educational background)

• Enable you to analyze political phenomena using a range of state-

of-the-art research methods

• Develop and carry out an independent research project

• Participate in guest lectures, speaker series, workshops

• Connect to current research projects (most recently: Cluster of

Excellence ECONtribute)

Our goal: train the next generation of political scientists, enabling

you to embark on a professional career in many areas of politics

Participate!

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Talks on Career

Perspectives

International Workshop International Lecture Series

Debate

competitionSimulations

and field trips

Events

M.A. Political Science:

Module areas

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ComparativeAnalysis of

Political Institutions (I)

ComparativePolitical Economy

(II)

Empirical Democratic Theory (III)

International Relations (IV)

European andMultilevel Politics

(V)

Political Science Methods (VI)

COURSESLectures

Advanced seminars

Research projects

Courses, Modules, Groups, Sections

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MODULES6 or 9 credits

SECTIONS (OR GROUPS)6 or 9 or 12 or 24 credits

M.A. STUDY PROGRAMME

120 credits

M.A. Political Science

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Core Section 1: Three lectures (Int‘l

Relations: seminar) (18 credits)

Core Section 2: Two seminars (18 credits)

Three research

projects (27 credits)

Colloquium (9

credits)

Modules from

other areas/

faculties;

studies abroad

(2x12 or 1x24

credits)

Master‘s Thesis

(24 credits)

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Programme overview M.A. Political Science


Quantitative

and

M.A. Political Science:

New module area „Political Science Methods“

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Three modules with introductory courses focusing on methods

• „Research Logic & Design“ (André Kaiser) – summer (core

module)

• „Introduction to Quantitative Methods (in R)“ (Bruno Silva) –

winter (core module seminar)

• „Introduction to Qualitative Methods“ (Ingo Rohlfing) – winter

(specialization module)

Type: Seminar. Examination: Presentation + Term paper.

Cycle: Summer term

Content:

• Research Questions

• Conceptualisation

• Hypotheses

• Research designs

• Case selection strategies

• Compiling and analysing data

• Seminal studies in political science

Research Logic and Design

(instructor: Prof. Dr. Kaiser)

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Type: Seminar. Examination: Portfolio. Cycle: Winter term

Content:

• Learn statistical programming language R

• Sampling and statistical inference

• Estimation and interpretation of the linear regression

model

• Automated data collection and visualisation

• Seminal quantitative studies in political science

• Prerequisite for some advanced seminars

Introduction to Quantitative Methods

(instructor: Dr. Silva)

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Type: Seminar. Examination: Portfolio. Cycle: Winter term

Content:

• Characteristics of the qualitative paradigm of research

• Seminal qualitative studies in political science

• Qualitative research designs

• Strategies of case selection in qualitative research

• Case study techniques

• Causal effects and causal mechanisms

• Process tracing

Introduction to Qualitative Methods

(instructor: Prof. Rohlfing)

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• We offer a highly flexible program, but you can take one

module only once

• Possible to combine basic methods training with

substantive courses

• Some advanced courses with specific methods (e.g.

causal inference, big data analysis) will require "intro to

quantitative methods"

Which courses should I take?

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Advanced methods – while dealing with substantive questions –

are also taught in research projects of module areas I-V.

Recommended to take introductory courses prior to advanced.

• Winter term 2019/20:

– “Research Designs and Case Studies in Comparative

Political Economy” (Christine Trampusch)

• Examples from Summer term 2019

– “Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA)” (Ingo Rohlfing)

– “Analyzing EU Politics with Big Data” (Sven-Oliver Proksch)

– “Causal Inference and Public Policy in Europe” (Bruno Silva)

Advanced methods

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Supplementary Section (24 LP)

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Group required language skills Credits

Design & Behavior

Each group

24 credits

Markets & Institutions

Macroeconomics, Money and Financial Markets

Growth, Labor and Inequality in the Global Economy

Energy Economics

Statistics & Econometrics

Wirtschaftsgeographie

Ethnologie I

Languages and Cultures of the Islamic World I

Ethnology II *

Each group:

12 credits

Languages and Cultures of the Islamic World II *

History

Media Cultural Sciences

Economic Geography

Cooperative Economics *

Social Policy

Energy Economics II

Interdisciplinary Social Sciences

Studies Abroad I

Studies Abroad II*) a number of elective modules within these groups are also available in English.

Note: Courses in the supplementary section are offered by other areas/faculties and may change.

The overview is for information only. Details are available from the respective area.

Bilateral

agreement

with Faculty

of Humanities

and Arts

• Registration possible once 60 ECTS credits earned (third

or fourth semester)

• Six months starting from registration, 24 ECTS credits

• Approx. 60 pages

• Choose one of the six full professors as examiner

• Check guidelines (e.g. CCCP Master Thesis Guidelines on

the CCCP homepage)

• Presentation in political science colloquium mandatory

(CCCP Research Seminar, Colloquium Political Theory,

Colloquium International Relations).

Master Thesis

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• IMPORTANT: Registration for a course and registration for

an exam are two separate processes.

• Course registration through KLIPS2 is ultimately

governed by course instructors. Get in touch with them or

the institute manager in case of questions or problems.

• Module exam registration is subject to stricter rules and

administrated by the examination office (=no flexibility!).

Familiarize yourself with the rules BEFORE registration.

• The WiSo faculty has its own KLIPS2 support:

WiSo Faculty Studies Organizing Your Studies

Everything about KLIPS 2.0: courses and exam

management

Course registration (KLIPS2)

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https://www.wiso.uni-koeln.de/en/

https://www.wiso.uni-koeln.de/en/studies/

https://www.wiso.uni-koeln.de/en/studies/organizing-your-studies/

https://www.wiso.uni-koeln.de/en/studies/organizing-your-studies/everything-about-klips-20-courses-and-exam-management/

WiSo-Career-Service

• Advice, Coaching, Soft-Skills-Training

• Next talk by Political Science graduates, organized jointly

with the Institute of Political Science: Tuesday, 28 January

2020, 17:45 h.

WiSo-IT-Service, Regional Computing Center

• Courses, hard- and software

University departments

• E.g. language classes

• Extra-curricular courses (transcript)

Service

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• Study Abroad Programme partner universities: Sabanci Univ.

Istanbul; Sciences Po Paris; Univ. College Dublin; Univ. of

Copenhagen; Charles Univ. Prague; Univ. of Nottingham;

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; and others…

• „Simplified“ credit transfer via the modules „Studies Abroad“

(Supplementary Section, 12 or 24 ECTS) and „Special Aspects

of Political Science“ (Core Section, 6 ECTS)

• „Normal“ credit transfer for individual modules 1:1

• Center for International Relations of the WiSo-Faculty (ZIB-

WiSo), International Office of the University

• „Study Abroad Exchange Fair“ for Students of Political

Science on Tuesday, 22 October 2019, 16-17:30 h

Exchange Programmes

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Thank you for your attention!Q & A

• Academic background in history, political theory, and

empirical political science

• Research and teaching interests:

1. Relationship between political elites, parties and public opinion;

implications for function of elections in democracies

o E.g., projects on (i) how issues emphasized by parties relate to

public opinion; (ii) media effects on the economic vote

2. Relationship between economic interests & political outcomes

o E.g. projects on (i) relationship between industrialization and

democratization in Britain; (ii) the relationship between trade

unions and political parties.

Prof. Dr. Chitralekha Basu – Profile

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Winter Term 2019/20:

Political Choice and Strategy

Introduce students to use of rational choice theory to study politics

Learn to solve and interpret simple mathematical models

Engage with debates on the use of rational choice models in political science

Parties and Elections in Comparative Perspective

Study party competition, voting behaviour and elections in diverse contexts

Topics covered: origins of party systems and party system change; electoral

authoritarianism; theories of voting behaviour and party competition;

campaign effects and political persuasion

Summer Term 2020:

Democratic Theory and Practice

What does “democracy” mean? How has democracy been implemented in

practice, and with what consequences?

Topics covered: (1) theories of democracy; (2) measuring democracy; (3)

effects of democracy; (4) challenges to democracy

Modules offered

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